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Munich-based Isar Aerospace and UK-based Skyrora and Orbex are competing with Rocket Factory Augsburg to become the European launch startup to reach orbit and secure clients.
Skyrora is working toward a first orbital launch of the Skyrora XL in 2023.
Skyrora will supply the launch vehicle, a mobile launch complex, and a launch operations support team to Maritime Launch.
As part of the agreement, Maritime Launch will purchase vehicles and vehicle support staff from Skyrora for Maritime Launch’s satellite clients.
Maritime Launch Services and Skyrora signed a Letter of Intent to launch the Skyrora XL from Spaceport Nova Scotia in Canada.
Skyrora is developing Skyrora XL, a three-stage rocket designed to place payloads weighing up to 315 kg into sun-synchronous orbit.
Skyrora indicated it could be ready to launch Skyrora XL by the second quarter of 2023 given its current pace of technical development.
Skyrora won a $3,100,000 Boost! award from ESA in 2021 to support engine testing.
The 3D-printed engine tested by Skyrora produces 7,121 kg-force of thrust and uses high-test peroxide and kerosene as propellants.
Skyrora is developing an alternative to kerosene called Ecosene that can be produced from plastic waste.
Skyrora is developing Skylark L, a suborbital sounding rocket intended to test technologies for Skyrora XL.
Skyrora is developing the Skyrora XL orbital launch vehicle and plans to operate from SaxaVord Spaceport.
Skyrora received £2.5 million in March 2021 in grant funding as part of the UK’s investment into the European Space Agency’s Boost! initiative to complete development of the Skyrora XL launch vehicle.
Skyrora operates a Ukrainian R&D facility in Dnipro while continuing engineering, production, and central R&D activities at its UK facilities.
Skyrora received €3 million in Boost! funding to qualify the liquid-fueled rocket engine that powers the XL’s first and second stages, including fully integrated static fire tests.
Orbex and Skyrora join German launch startups HyImpulse Technologies, Rocket Factory Augsburg, and Isar Aerospace, each of which were awarded €1.5 million in Boost! funding in November 2020.
The European Space Agency awarded UK-based launch startups Orbex and Skyrora a combined €10.45 million to support development of competing microlaunchers.
Skyrora is developing the three-stage Skyrora XL launch vehicle designed to carry up to 315 kg to sun-synchronous and polar orbits up to 1,0 m above Earth.
Skyrora’s planned activities will open 150–170 job opportunities across Scotland.
Ecosene fuel was successfully tested on Skyrora’s LEO engine in January 2020.